The scene inside the UCLA locker room was bleak when coach Ben Howland strode through the door at halftime Saturday. The Bruins trailed crosstown rival USC by 18 points. Read more...

If the rivalry between UCLA and USC wasn’t simmering enough, Saturday’s contest at the Sports Arena had the added spice of a personal challenge. Trojan freshmen Nick Young and Gabriel Pruitt were quite familiar with their Bruin counterparts, Jordan Farmar and Arron Afflalo; Young and Farmar were high school rivals at Cleveland and Taft High Schools respectively, while Afflalo and Pruitt played together and against each other on different AAU squads. Read more...

John Savage wasted no time in collecting his first victory as UCLA’s new baseball coach. The first-year coach had little time to enjoy the season-opening win, though, as the Bruins dropped the next two games in the weekend series against Cal Poly. Read more...

After Sunday’s game against Michigan, UCLA coach Adam Krikorian and the women’s water polo team sat on the top of the bleachers in Canham Natatorium, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Read more...

Every win, in whatever fashion, is a plus for the UCLA women’s basketball team, which entered Saturday’s contest having dropped three of its last four road games. Read more...

After a one-day layoff, the UCLA men’s tennis team will be back in action today against UC Irvine. The second-ranked Bruins (4-0) shutout the Anteaters in their season opener last year and are heavily favored to win big again this year. Read more...

You would think they’d get their story straight. You would think they’d talk among themselves, and then present themselves as a unified front ““ just like a team is supposed to do. Read more...